Topps / Allen & Ginter - Guys in Hats

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC8bvO5JVIQIuLXkeMjhBe60pSjmMl-unDV0ergcPkhiKYM18eJniBstQ8UQburb1ynRY9gVgSwZ-YtOegvnrmdsJ7Fq7ZAfVP0m9vXN6gTwXTlaYe_lXSpUw8Kfxnvo2wQcdcLKgSiaU/s1600/guysinhats-2+(1)a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC8bvO5JVIQIuLXkeMjhBe60pSjmMl-unDV0ergcPkhiKYM18eJniBstQ8UQburb1ynRY9gVgSwZ-YtOegvnrmdsJ7Fq7ZAfVP0m9vXN6gTwXTlaYe_lXSpUw8Kfxnvo2wQcdcLKgSiaU/s1600/guysinhats-2+(1)a.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>2012</b></span><br /><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Guys in Hats</b></span><br /><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Topps / Allen & Ginter</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>10</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Something a little different this time. The 2012 collection of Allen & Ginter cards issued in the United States included a sub-set of 10 cards called 'Guys in Hats'. I noticed Winston Churchil on card no. 6 and Butch Cassidy on card no. 1</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It got me thinking that probably, all 10 people are 'real'. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've even found some of the actual photos that the artwork was created from.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Can anyone fill in the gaps?</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GH-1. The Bowler - <b><span style="color: blue;">Butch Cassidy</span></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GH-2. The Boater</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GH-3. The Fedora - <b><span style="color: blue;">J. Edgar Hoover (??)</span></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GH-4. The Fez - <b><span style="color: blue;">His Majesty King Fuad I of Egypt and Sudan</span></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GH-5. The Pith Helmet</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GH-6. The Top Hat - <b><span style="color: blue;">Winston Churchill</span></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GH-7. The Mortarboard - <span style="color: blue;"><b>Linus Pauling</b></span> <span style="color: blue;">(biochemist, two-time Nobel Prize winner), from a graduation photo taken in 1922 </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GH-8. The Flat Cap</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GH-9. The Garrison Cap</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">GH-10. The Bicorne - <b><span style="color: blue;">Napoleon Bonaparte</span></b></span><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwbUM5TjlTTdNQwT0SZzqYTBKRDCqwAG2XN7fD7Pt2TwFgQLDJOIPQiVqRaUoR1KuP1i-m8TL4PS7B3Q4tUML2EVVakzhI_YYiAVRFFfjgdYYUG2H2pU_49rCh-oVZeosk1TJjIJdq1-U/s1600/ButchCassidy002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwbUM5TjlTTdNQwT0SZzqYTBKRDCqwAG2XN7fD7Pt2TwFgQLDJOIPQiVqRaUoR1KuP1i-m8TL4PS7B3Q4tUML2EVVakzhI_YYiAVRFFfjgdYYUG2H2pU_49rCh-oVZeosk1TJjIJdq1-U/s1600/ButchCassidy002.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>

Topps / Allen & Ginter - Guys in Hats

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